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Calvin D. Fowler collection, 1941-2013

 

Summary

Creator:
Fowler, Calvin D. (Calvin Dennis), 1928-2013
Extent:
29 Linear Feet 48 boxes and 1 flat file
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Calvin D. Fowler collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Calvin Dennis Fowler was born in Abbeville, South Carolina on August 1, 1928, and raised at the John de la Howe School in McCormick, South Carolina after being orphaned at an early age. Fowler was a World War II and Korean War Veteran and served as an Electronics Technician in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1952. Dr. Fowler graduated in 1955 from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and was then employed at Convair, a division of General Dynamics, working as a flight test engineer and assistant test conductor. Convair was contracted to work on NASA projects, including Mercury. He went on to work at General Electric at Cape Canaveral from 1965 to 1975, holding various positions over the years. During this time, Dr. Fowler obtained a Master of Science in Management from Florida State University in 1967, before being transferred to the General Electric Valley Forge Space Center as a manufacturing manager and facility manager from 1975 to 1982. Dr. Fowler returned to work at the Kennedy Space in 1982 under the employment of McDonnell Douglass and obtained a Doctorate degree in Business Administration from Nova University in 1991, before retiring on July 30, 1993. Dr. Fowler worked on several NASA programs and projects including Mercury-Atlas, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz. Dr. Fowler continued to be involved in the aerospace industry serving as the President and CEO of the United States Space Walk of Fame Foundation, of which he was a founding member. Dr. Calvin D. Fowler died in Melbourne, Florida on June 21, 2013.

Acquisition information:
Gifted by Lori Walters in 2021 (Accession no. CFM2021_04).
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series, each being organized in alphabetical order.

I. Personal Files, 1941-2013 II. NASA Files, 1950-2012 III. Ephemera, 1971-2001

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Calvin D. Fowler collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA